The Defense Department is increasing investment in North American germanium producers to bulwark military supply chains hit ...

Au-Ge eutectic gains relevance in high-reliability packaging due to thermal stability, photonics expansion, fluxless ...

(This July 4 story has been refiled to specify data on gallium is for primary gallium only in paragraph 12 and add Canadian gallium producer in paragraph 8) (Reuters) - China said on Monday it will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration picture of Gallium and Germanium with Chinese flag BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Prices of germanium, a strategic ...

The quest for materials capable of combining semiconductor properties with superconductivity represents a major challenge for modern electronics. These hybrid materials could pave the way for more ...

This graphic depicts a new electronic device created at Purdue that uses germanium as the semiconductor instead of silicon. Germanium is one material being considered to replace silicon in future ...

China customs data showed on Wednesday exports of germanium and gallium slumped to zero in August. Imposed on grounds of national security, new export restrictions require exporters to seek a license ...

AF114 germanium transistors and related ones like the AF115 through AF117 were quite popular during the 1960s, but they quickly developed a reputation for failure. This is due to what should have made ...

Swiss scientists have created the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of elements of main group IV (the carbon group) on the periodic table. Simply, this means that the new device is directly ...